My 1994 Plymouth Voyager LE has a switchable themometer for outside temperatures. It was really great to use it to get a feel for Celsius temperatures. Now I know why temps in the 20s are perfect and single digits are cold (at least for western Washington State).
It also has other statistics, like for gas "mileage." Does anyone know why gas consumption in metric is liters per 100 kilometers? Why isn't kilometers per liter the standard, like MPG? Rich Kim -----Original Message----- From: Harry Wyeth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 12:45 AM To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:27317] Re: What did you do for US National Metric Week? I might add that having a Celsius thermometer on one's car is a really excellent way of getting a feel for temperatures. We switched our Volvo thermometer when we bought it and find it interesting to see the fluctuations as we drive around (it is very sensitive and changes the display quickly) the hilly areas where we live, especially in the winter. I can now predict within a degree or two what the temp is just by feel. Our low has been about -11, the high +42. I think many US cars can be switched, but I have been told by a dealer that Subaru models sold in the US are hard wired Fahrenheit. HARRY WYETH ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Trusten, R.Ph." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2003 08:02 Subject: [USMA:27283] What did you do for US National Metric Week? > What did each you folks do during US National Metric Week (2nd week in > October) that promoted SI? > > I flipped the switch on my digital indoor/outdoor thermometers, changing > them from Fahrenheit to Celsius and leaving them on the Celsius scale. I've > gained a very good "feel" for Celsius temperature since then. > >
